The following is a weblog of articles and images of forest fires annually
growing in size and quantities in ever longer fire seasons that start earlier
and last longer. The common denominator, often cited in the articles, is
dry air or low humidity--CO2 acting as a dessicant, soaking up water. (Graphics
have title rather than date linked.)

020820
Wildfires driven by warm, dry weather in May and August, have burned more
than 2 million acres (800,000 hectares) of forest in Alaska this summer,
almost three times the annual average, state officials said on Monday.